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A selection of books, including both non-fiction and poetry, that we hope might be of interest.

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Non-fiction

Live for a Change
Francis Dewar
(DLT 1988)

God of Surprises
Gerald  Hughes
(DLT 1996)

Christianity Explored
Rico Tice, Barry Cooper
Paternoster Lifestyle (2002)

The Great Divorce
C S Lewis
Letters to Malcolm Chiefly Concerning Prayer

What’s the Point of being a Christian?
Timothy Radcliffe
Continuum International Publishing Group (2005)

Why Jesus
A short introduction to the Christian Faith by the Revd Nicky Gumbel

Awareness
Anthony De Mello SJ
Zondervan Publishing House (1990)

Simply Christian
Tom Wright
SPCK (2006)

The Secret Message of Jesus
Brian McClaren
Nelson (Thomas) Publishers, U.S. (2006)

The Lost Message of Jesus
Steve Chalke
Zondervan Publishing House (2003)

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Poetry

The Poets’ Christ: An anthology of poetry about Jesus
Compiled by David Winter
Lion Press

The Faber Book of Religious Verse
Edited by Helen Gardner
Faber

The Oxford Book opf Christian Verse
Edited by Donald Davie
Oxford University Press

All the Days of my life: poems to console & inspire
Edited by Philip Davies
Dent
 
Collected Poems 1945-1990
R.S.Thomas
JM Dent

Collected Later Poems 1988-2000
R.S.Thomas
Bloodaxe Books

The Complete English Works
George Herbert
Everyman

Collected Poems 1909-1962
TS Eliot
Faber

The Complete English Poems
John Donne
Penguin

 
New Collected Poems
Elizabeth Jennings
Carcanet

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